Anyone's OH had a sperm test?

Well got a letter from GP saying my blood test results are in - so booked to see my lovely GP on Thursday morning at 9.30am. OH also got letter from Hospital and is off to give his sample next Monday at 1.00pm. I am so relieved that the ball is rolling to find out whether there are any problems with me and oh.

I cant complain about the service I am receiving from the NHS so far - which is so much appreciated as really want to get my BFP on 2008.

Hey Mrs WB didn't just want to read and run... my hubby hasn't had a test yet but I am having tests at the moment and hoping to get referred to a specialist soon so he'll have to do the test then. Apparently they are meant to abstain for a couple of days before giving their sample.

Im in a similar boatMr Lainer has the form and the pot!he now just has to book his slot up at the hospital - they only are open for samples two mornings aweek and it could take up to 2 weeks to get an appointmenti know he is a bit reluctant, but has said he will do it for the greater good of TTC hope all your tests go ok lainer

When my other half has to go and do his test, i felt so bad for him. He went to the hospital and used their little quiet room, as you only have about 1/2 hour to get sample to hospital otherwise. He said it was no where near as bad as he imagined it was going to be. We got the results about 2 weeks later and luckily we were told he has really good sperm, which cheered him up loads!

Once his resutls were confirmed as OK, i was then tested and through an internal scan and bloods i was diagnosed with PCOS. It is much better to have a problem in a female than in the male as it is easier to treat. I am curently on medication and have another appointment at the fertility clinch at the end of Jan (these 2 weeks won't go fast enough!). The NHS have been really good for us too, no complaints so far!

We actually ordered a home sperm test from access diagnostics and oh is going to test tonight. We're on month 6, I'm due AF at the end of the week and it's another BFN I'm going to make an appointment at the docs.

My Oh did - they didn't have anywhere for him to go though at the hospital so he ended up in the toilets (he wouldn't have been able to get it there from home in the time limit!) he said it ws awful and he felt really seedy etc but I'd much rather have had that then the endless blood tests, smear tests, laparoscopy and fertility drugs I had to have (nothing found in any of the tests btw) and I didn't even have to go through the hell of IVF!!! So I don't think they should complain really, xxx

my OH did a sperm test last night, just one we ordered off the internet. DO you know how reliable they are?? It came back negative, which is supposed to mean he has a low sperm count, he is obviously gutted but i'm not sure how reliable it is to do a home test rather than a proper hospital test, any experiences of these??

Thanks for all the replies. My OH has already done a sperm test off the internet - which was OK but that test only checked the number of spermies not their motility. OH said his sperm was tested a few years ago (due his bladder exstrophy) and was told then that his motility was not good but that is all he has said - trying to get a man to give any sort of explanation sometimes is just futile. So that is why he is being tested a hospital. As said I get my blood results tommorrow. I have also done a test and that said I was ovulating so leaving it to the docs to decide what our next step is. In the meantime still trying like mad to conceive.